Furniture brace



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INVENTOR eocZO/ge H M'ZZL BY y@ l za ATTORNEY Patented June 20, 1933 UNTED STES OFFICE THEOZDORE I-I. WITTLIFF, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO FURNITURE BRACE Application filed December 16, 1929. Serial No. 414,353.

The present invention relates to furniture being formed from a single strip of material braces and an object thereof is to provide a bent between its ends to pro-vide the two construction having stronger bracing qualistrands and the connecting portion or bend t. ties. Another object of the invention is to Each pair of strands connects two legs on provide a construction in which two spaced one side of the furniture and has its portions 50 strands lead substantially in parallel relanear the bend 4. lying in two bores in one leg tion to the bracing points on the furniture. and its portions near its other ends lying in Still another object is to form from a single the two bores of the other leg on the same strip of material two strands so connected to side of the furniture.

the furniture that they act as a unit while at F or anchoring the strands to the leg adj a- 60 the same time giving better bracing qualities cent the bend there may be provided an than a single strand. A further object of anchoring member formed, in this instance, the invention is to provide a novel tightenfrom sheet material bent to provide two meeting means designed for parallel tightening ing surfaces 5 at angles to each other for strands. Another and further object is to cooperation with two angularly arranged 65 provide an improved anchoring device d efaces on a leg. This plate is perforated at 6 signed for use at a corner of furniture. Still for the passage of two strands and is pressed another and further ob-ject is to provide an inwardly at 7 between the openings or peranchoring device for two tightening strands forations 6 to provide a groove in which the formed from a single strip of material. bend 4 lies.

To these and other ends, the invention con- For anchoring` the other ends of the sists of certain parts and combinations of strands, an anchoring member may be proparts all of which will be hereinafter devided comprising a head having two anguscribed: the novel features being pointed out larly arranged surfaces 8 from the meeting in the appended claims. line of which two bodies 9 project, one above 75 In the drawing: the other. These bodies are preferably exter- Fig. 1 is a horizontal sectional View nally tapered to their free ends, and having through the legs of a chair equipped with bores 10 which flare toward the outside of one embodiment of the present invention; .the head so as to be larger at their outer Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2, Fig. l; than their inner ends. The strands pass 80 Fig. 3 is a detail view partially in section through these bodies 9 and are kinked or bent of a. tightening means embodying this inat 11 at their ends, the bent portions lying vention on the line 3 3, Fig. 1; in the enlarged ends of the bores 10. rIhe Fig. A is a perspective view of one of the angularly arranged faces on the head lserve two strand anchoring devices; to hold the anchoring member against turn- 85 Fig. 5 is a perspective plan view of the ing and also to protect the corner of the other two strand anchoring devices; furniture.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing an The tightening means for the strands may anchoring device similar to that illustrated comprise a tension rod 12 having external in Fig. 4 designed for a single strand; and threads 13 at one end and strand engaging 90 Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the anchormeans at the other end projecting from oppoing device illustrated in Fig. 6. site sides of the longitudinal a-Xis of the rod In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1, and formed with strand receiving grooves 14 the furniture is in the form of a chair havon opposite sides of the axis to slidably ening its four legs 1 each provided with two gage with two strands on one side of the 95 transverse diagonally extending bores 2 arfurniture. Adjustably mounted on the tenranged parallel. sion rod 12 for adjustment toward and from rEhe tightening strands 3 are four in numthe rigid strand engaging means is a strand ber and are arranged in pairs, the members engaging means 15 in the form of a block 5 of each pair being substantially parallel and having two .grooves 16 lying on opposite sides 100 of the longitudinal axis of the rod 12 for receiving the two strands connected with the other' sine of the furniture. A nut 16FL is adjustable on the screw threaded portion 13 of the rod l2 and serves to effect relative adjustment between the strand engaging portion of the tightening device. The strand engaging member l5 is also rotatable on the tension bolt or rod l2, thus permitting the tension device to adapt itself to inequalities in the strands on the two sides of the furniture.

A modification of the invention is shown in Figs. 6 and 7 and is designed for a single strand arrangement. The single strand 8a is secured at opposite ends to two anchoring devices each of which has two meeting surfaces 8n from the line of joinder of which projects a single body 9a which has a flaring bore or opening 10a in which the end of the strand 3a is secured. Any suitable form of tightening device may be used with this form of the invention.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An anchoring device for furniture braces comprising a body having an opening extending therethrough for the passage of a tightening strand, said opening being larger at its outer than its inner end to permit the anchorage of a tightening strand end therein and being provided adjacent its outer end with an abutment head having angularly arranged faces for cooperating with two angularly arranged side faces of a leg.

2. An anchoring device for furniture braces comprising two bodies, each having an opening extending therethrough for the passage of a tightening strand, each opening being larger at its outer than its inner end to permit the anchorage of the end of a tightening strand therein, and a head connecting said two bodies, and having angularly arranged surfaces for cooperating with the furniture into which the bodies project.

3. In combination with an article of furniture having two pairs of bores, two tightening strands formed from a single strip of material bent between its ends, the portions of the strip adjacent the bend lying in two ofthe bores with the bend extending between the bores, and the portions of the strip adj acent the ends of such strip lying in the other two bores, and an anchoring member having two openings and a groove extending between the openings, the groove receiving the bend in the strip between the two strands and the openings having the strands leading from the bend passing therethrough, said anchoring member having two angularly arranged abutment surfaces lying on opposite sides of and parallel with the groove.

4. An anchoring member for furniture braces comprising a body having two meeting, angularly arranged, surfaces for cooperating with two angularly arranged faces on the furniture, said body having two openings at the junction of the angularly arranged surfaces for the passage of two tightening strands, and also having a groove in its outer face connecting the two openings for receiving a connection between such two tightening strands.

5. An anchoring member for furniture braces comprising a body having two meeting angularly arranged surfaces for cooperating with two angularly arranged faces on the furniture, said body having two openings at the junction of the angularly arranged surfaces for the passage of two tightening strands.

THEODORE H. VITTLIFF. 

